In this work, the catalytic activities of several single metallic oxides were studied for the treatment of propylene, a component in motorcycles' exhaust gases, under oxygen deficient conditions. Amongst them, CeO₂ is one of the materials that exhibit the highest activity for the oxidation of C₃H₆. Therefore, several mixtures of CeO₂ with other oxides (SnO₂, ZrO₂, Co₃O₄) were tested to investig...

Let be a commutative ring with 1 and left unitary . In this paper, the generalizations for notions of compressible module retractable are given. An is termed to semi-essentially if can embedded in every non-zero semi-essential submodules. module, submodule an Some their advantages characterizations examples We also study relation between these classes some other modules.

Metallic delafossites ( ABO 2 ) are layered oxides with quasi-two-dimensional conduction layers. among the most conducting materials in-plane conductivity comparable that of elemental metals. In this Perspective, we will discuss basic properties and future research prospects metallic delafossites, mainly focusing on thin films heterostructures. We exemplify fascinating these compounds, such as ...

double layer zno/sno2 thin film resistive gas sensors were fabricated by successive pvd of those oxides onto porcelain substrates. the metallic contacts were provided by electron beam evaporation of platinum onto substrates prior to deposition of the gas sensitive layers. deposits were thermally annealed at different temperatures. it was shown that the activation energy of electrical conduction...

Cell model systems in vitro facilitate the high throughput screening of putative toxicity of a variety of nanomaterials, including nanoparticles. However, most of such cell models consisted of non-neural cells. We have developed several central and peripheral neural cell models for the systematic investigation of cytotoxicity of nanomaterials. Our previous finding that the nanoparticles of seve...

We demonstrate a generic approach for the synthesis of single-crystal complex oxide nanostructures of various structure types, such as perovskites, spinels, monoclinic, corundum, CaF(2) structured, tetragonal, and even metal hydroxides. The method is based on a reaction between a metallic salt and a metallic oxide in a solution of composite-hydroxide eutectic at approximately 200 degrees C and ...

Switchable metamaterials offer unique solutions for efficiently manipulating electromagnetic waves, particularly for terahertz waves, which has been difficult since naturally occurring materials rarely respond to terahertz frequencies controllably. However, few terahertz modulators demonstrated to date exhibit simultaneously low attenuation and high modulation depth. In this letter we propose a...

In this work, recent theoretical investigations by the authors in the area of oxide multilayers are briefly reviewed. The calculations were carried out using model Hamiltonians and a variety of non-perturbative techniques. Moreover, new results are also included here. They correspond to the generation of a metallic state by mixing insulators in a multilayer geometry, using the Hubbard and doubl...

Ferromagnetic (FM) manganites, a group of likely half-metallic oxides, are of special interest not only because they are a testing ground for the classical double-exchange interaction mechanism for the 'colossal' magnetoresistance, but also because they exhibit an extraordinary arena of emergent phenomena. These emergent phenomena are related to the complexity associated with strong interplay b...

Semiconducting metallic oxides, especially perosvkite materials, are great candidates for thermoelectric applications due to several advantages over traditionally metallic alloys such as low production costs and high chemical stability at high temperatures. Nanostructuration can be the key to develop highly efficient thermoelectric materials. In this work, La 1-x Ca x MnO 3 perosvkite nanostruc...